India - Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Wireless Access System Including Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz Band (Exemption from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2026
On January 21, 2026, the Ministry of Communications published a notification on the Gazette - the Use of Low Power and Very Low Power Wireless Access System including Radio Local Area Network in Lower 6 GHz band (Exemption from Licensing Requirement) Rules, 2026. This Rule became effective since then.
No license or frequency assignment shall be required by any person to establish, maintain, work, possess or deal in any wireless equipment for the purpose of low power indoor and very low power outdoor wireless access systems, including radio local area networks operating in the frequency band 5925-6425 MHz on non-interference, non-protection and shared (non-exclusive) basis, and complying with the following technical parameters as specified in the Table.
The wireless equipment shall have in-built and integrated antenna and shall be type approved, designed and manufactured so that the bandwidth of emission and other parameters shall conform to the relevant limits specified in the rule.
The application for obtaining equipment type approval shall be made in the format specified in the Schedule annexed to these rules.
The safety related requirements shall be in accordance with the international or national standards such as the International Telecommunication Union or European Telecommunications Standards Institute or the American National Standards Institute or the Bureau of Indian Standards or International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection for the respective devices and frequency bands.